MY BED OF DREAMS

[Flavio]

:D :D :D

[kai]

Nice diversity, Flavio!

Make sure to post details in separate threads! I wouldn't mind you to start with the Moro pices but I'm also seeing some nice Dha, etc. ;) :D

Regards,
Kai

[RhysMichael]

a very nice collection thanks for sharing

[Flavio]

Thanks guys :) I need another bed to show my african toys...

[TVV]

Flavio, I feel sorry for the fact that you cannot sleep on your bed, but maybe I can help you. All you need to do is get a dozen or so boxes, wrap everything carefully and ship it to me in California or Sofia, Bulgaria - wherever you prefer, I will pay for the shipping. Then you can have your bed back and finally get some good night sleep without risking a serious injury to yourself.
Now seriously, you should start separate threads for all the pieces you have not already shown on this forum.

[Ferguson]

You sir, have great taste in weapons. There's not a piece I wouldn't love to have. Thanks for sharing.
Steve

[Jim McDougall]

Nice rack Flavio!!!!:)
Seriously, you have a superb grouping of important ethnographic edged weapons there, and what I like is the scope of your collection. Just goes to show that quantity is nonessential in collecting, and you clearly show discerning judgement in your acquisitions. Nicely done!!! and I too thank you for sharing these.
All the best,
Jim

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hi Flavio,

How about buying a bunk bed with two or three decks:p.
Very nice display, thank you for showing.

Jens

[Flavio]

Thank you very much TVV, Steve, Jim and Jens i think that one of the reason to collect is also to show to other people (with the same passion, of course, because for a stamps collector all these pieces of iron are just pieces of iron :p ). Anyway i think to have nice pieces, nothing of really wonderful, but at this point i like the variety that i have (and that I hope to widen :D ). Here is the second bed :D :D

[Bill M]

Flavio,

I completely agree with the other guys. Wonderful collection. I also would be proud to have any one of these!

I not only admire your diversity of cultures, but that each piece is a very good example of the weapon type!

I like your layout as well. It has balance and integrity.

Good job my friend!! :D

[David]

The collection is great...but you really have to do something about those sheets... ;) :D

[Tim Simmons]

Yes like some chap with a striped shirt and a spotted tie. Just not on what! :eek: :eek: :D

[Flavio]

The collection is great...but you really have to do something about those sheets... ;) :D


Yeahhhh, you're right, David :o :D :D :D

[Flavio]

Tim, this is the italian fashion ;) :D

[Tim Simmons]

What ever happened to "Stile Inglese" :D :D :D A sleeveless vest and a beer belly :eek:

[Freddy]

Flavio, did you sit on the wardrobe to take these pictures ? :p

I don't think I would be able to sleep with those 'goodies' in my bed :D ;)

[asomotif]

Hello Flavio,

Very nice. But please don't show to much of your great african weapons.
I am trying to limit myself to Indonesia and thsi kind of pictures makes it very diffcult... :D :D

Specially like the spears, impressive !

Best regards,
Willem

[Flavio]

Hi all just an updating. Here are some of my best pieces. I like to see these kind of pics with a lot of pieces from different cultures! If you want, please attach some of yours! :)

[Bill M]

BEAUTIFUL!! Thank you for sharing these. :)

[Lew]

Flavio

How were you able to levitate yourself above the bed? ;) Very nice spread you have there and I am not talking about the sheets :D


Lew

[Flavio]

Thank you Bill! Lew, I'll try to do something for the sheets :D Unfortunatly I'm not still able to make a display of the pieces and this is the only way I can show you!! Thanks a lot

[tsubame1]

Grande Flavio !! (Great Flavio). :D

[Flavio]

Grazie Carlo! (thank you Carlo :) )

[ariel]

I am wondering: the last picture on the very bottom: is it a Beduin pseudo-shashka? Also, same pic, on the left, looking like shashka ( can't see the handle): what is it? Nice Yataghan, too....
I might hire O.J. to raid your place (all these knives belonged to him anyway , even though they do not fit :D :D )

[Flavio]

Hello Ariel, yes the swod is a bedouin sabre with european blade (Tim Simmons's collection :D ), but no shashka :(

[Battara]

And don't forget to add the 2 others on the way! :D

[Flavio]

And don't forget to add the 2 others on the way! :D

YESSSSSSSSSS :D :D :D

[ariel]

Oh, I can see it clearer now ( always good to know that something is NOT what you thought :) ). The one on the left is a Pedang I ( Peudeung for the purists :rolleyes: ) from Sumatran Battaks.

[Rod Charters]

Flavio that Billao is just great with a most unusual scabbard. Could you post a closer picture,

Best Regards

Rod

[Andrew]

I think you guys have your priorities skewed. :confused:

My "Bed of Dreams" has this on it:

http://z.about.com/d/gourmetfood/1/7/c/C/Padma.JPG

[Lew]

Hey Andrew

That is not a picture of an ethnographic weapon or related item so you must delete it ;) :D


Lew

[Andrew]

Hey Andrew

That is not a picture of an ethnographic weapon or related item so you must delete it ;) :D


Lew

On the contrary, my friend. Padma is Indian, and certainly qualifies as an "ethnographic object" worthy of intense study. ;)

[Henk]

Andrew,

Thank you for sharing this beautiful item!!! :cool: ;)

[Flavio]

PLEASE, ANDREW, DO NOT DELETE THIS BEAUTY!!!! :D :D

[Tim Simmons]

quite nice :)

[Montino Bourbon]

"But she kills with her eyes"

So she can be construed as a weapon... just sayin'.

[RSWORD]

I think you guys have your priorities skewed. :confused:

My "Bed of Dreams" has this on it:

http://z.about.com/d/gourmetfood/1/7/c/C/Padma.JPG

Not only is she drop dead georgeous she co-hosts a reality Top Chef show and routinely eats 12-20 helpings of "viddles" and still looks the way she does. Now that is my kind of gal!

[Flavio]

Flavio that Billao is just great with a most unusual scabbard. Could you post a closer picture,

Best Regards

Rod

Hello Rod, the scabbard has is belt around. Here are more pics. All the best ;)

[scratch]

Hello Flavio,
Thanks for sharing your collection!
I can only aspire to acquire the knowledge neccessary to acquire such a diverse collection. Any chance of some closeups of your kukri? Heres what is probably the best piece I have, from a collectors viewpoint.

Best wishes

Dan :)

[Bill M]

Dan / Scaratch,

Nice khuk. I think that you would see some nice patterns if you decided to put some vinegar on it.



Flavio,

Do you have any more detailed pictures of this piece? I have one much like it with a kris blade.

[Flavio]

Hello Flavio,
Thanks for sharing your collection!
I can only aspire to acquire the knowledge neccessary to acquire such a diverse collection. Any chance of some closeups of your kukri? Heres what is probably the best piece I have, from a collectors viewpoint.

Best wishes

Dan :)


Hello Dan, to be honest mine is nothing of really exceptional.... :p anyway some pics (a post WWII kukri). Regards

[Flavio]

Flavio,

Do you have any more detailed pictures of this piece? I have one much like it with a kris blade.


Hi Bill, here are pics. Best regards

[Flavio]

Hi Rod , you can see the billao also on this thread. There is a writing on the scabbard, very nice :)

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=1941

kind regards

[roshan]

Thank you very much TVV, Steve, Jim and Jens i think that one of the reason to collect is also to show to other people (with the same passion, of course, because for a stamps collector all these pieces of iron are just pieces of iron :p ). Anyway i think to have nice pieces, nothing of really wonderful, but at this point i like the variety that i have (and that I hope to widen :D ). Here is the second bed :D :D

I am curious about the three lances (?) at the bottom. What are they called, and where are they from?